Fr Seamus Egan

Fr Seamus Egan

Seamus Egan was born in Ballybrehony, Claremorris on 2 February 1943. Educated at Ballybrehony NS and St Colman’s College, Claremorris, he came to St Columban’s, Navan in September 1960. He was ordained priest on 21st December 1966. In 1967 he was appointed to Chile...
A Life Lived on the Line to Save Others

A Life Lived on the Line to Save Others

Adapted from an obituary of Philip Noel Dunne by Columban Fr Pat O’Donoghue which was published in the Irish Times on 21 May 2021.  Philip Noel Dunne died of COVID-19 at his Colorado home in the United States in December last year, but his death means far more than...
Give us our daily bread

Give us our daily bread

Columban missionary Fr Martin Koroiciri writes about a parish initiative where he ministers in Chile helping the vulnerable in the Covid-19 pandemic. When the Coronavirus pandemic started people thought it was just a passing experience and within a few days things...
Fr Peter Dong leads celebration for Feast of St Columban

Fr Peter Dong leads celebration for Feast of St Columban

This year’s liturgical celebration for the Feast of St Columban in the Irish Region was led by Fr Peter Dong, the first Columban Father from mainland China and one of the newest members of the Society. Fr Peter was ordained to the priesthood in China last 25 January...
“We are living through a very complex situation in Chile”

“We are living through a very complex situation in Chile”

Columban missionary Fr Michael Hoban provides this update on the situation in Chile. We are living through a very complex situation in Chile and it is not easy to know what is really happening. All the members of the Region are safe. There are all kinds of reports,...